How I Found My Readers on BookTok: 3 Tips from a Bestselling Romance Author
Eloisa James (the pen name of Mary Bly) has published over 30 historical romances, many of which have hit the bestseller lists. She also wrote a bestselling memoir, Paris in Love, as well as a contemporary novel, [...]
June 2026: The Adaptation Issue
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Writing
How to Give Your Characters Agency (Without Forcing the Plot)
Eliza Knight is an award-winning, USA Today and international bestselling author of dozens of novels. Her latest novel is Lost in the Summer of ‘69. A lifelong history obsessive, Eliza’s love affair with the past began [...]
Writing
How to Give Your Characters Agency (Without Forcing the Plot)
Eliza Knight is an award-winning, USA Today and international bestselling author of dozens of novels. Her latest novel is Lost in the Summer of ‘69. A lifelong history obsessive, Eliza’s love affair with the past began [...]
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Editing
Editing
The Read Deal on Working with a Developmental Editor
Alle C. Hall is an author and editor from Seattle, WA. She has faced her share of hard times, each experience fueling her work as an author and giving her writing an emotional depth in the [...]
Marketing
How Can Fiction Writers Use Substack?
For fiction writers, it can be challenging to know how to use Substack to your best advantage—especially when your energy is already stretched thin by drafting and revising a work-in-progress. Novelists often get stumped on what [...]
Marketing
How Can Fiction Writers Use Substack?
For fiction writers, it can be challenging to know how to use Substack to your best advantage—especially when your energy is already stretched thin by drafting and revising a work-in-progress. Novelists often get stumped on what [...]
Publishing
Publishing
From Book to Screen: What Does It Actually Take for an Adaptation to Get Made?
Book adaptations are everywhere right now. Scroll through any streaming platform and you’ll find countless series and movies inspired by books—with even more adaptation announcements arriving every week. Theaters are seeing box office success from films [...]
